Just a quick note on how you can use Yahoo Answers to find new (nano) niches. Yahoo Answers is a good place to start looking for which sort of problems people try to solve. Search the categories for topics that may interest you and look what kind of questions / problems people have. If you find something you can answer and that looks like a good niche, research its potential with either Market Samurai or the free Google Keyword Tool. Yes, I know, a lot of this questions are coming from people that don’t have anything else to do than inventing bogus questions, but still, a lot of the questions are valuable sources for problems and questions people might have.
When you spend some time in Yahoo Answers, you will notice that some questions and problems are creeping up over and over again. This are the ones that make good potential niches. Today for example I looked closer at the “Pets” category. A lot of rubbish around, but I also found a question regarding “bedding for a horse trailer”. A quick research in Market Samurai showed that “bedding horse trailer” has not a lot of commercial value. But it got me thinking outside the box and I found that “horse trailer accessories” has more potential and a very low competition and would make a great nano niche 
Without browsing around Yahoo Answers, I would never have “jumped” so far outside my thinking box.
Yahoo Answers has a lot of different categories, should be something to find in them for everybody that looks for a potential (nano) niche.
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That is a really good idea, and it also is helpful to be active in Yahoo Answers to become an expert in your own field. When you recognize a niche, you can then show your expertise to attract people to your site.
@Chuggin
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I tried to use Yahoo Answers in the way you described, but somehow it didn’t click with me. But it did click with me that it can be a great hunting ground to find new nano niches
I use Yahoo answers. perhaps now not as much as I used to. You are right that there are some questions that tend to come up again and again.
I find Yahoo answers is a good source of traffic long term as long as you do not get banned.
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And you also have to be careful not to waste too much time over there
Before, I used to use yahoo answer to answer questions and put my link to my blog as a source. I am really making good and pertinent answers to the questions especially in the niche of my blog which is personal finance and investments. However, probably because of the link to my blog in the source, I got banned.
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@Tyrone
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Thanks for the tip! I will make sure not to mention my blogs / sites with each answer
For me Yahoo answer is just a place for me to find something that I want to know, or a way to enhance my knowledge. Generally I have never think of it could be also a place to find a niche site idea. Great post and I wish I could find some new micro, or perhaps mini niche from this moment.
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If you need more niche ideas, try http://www.marketsamurai.com/c/hospitalera it has a free trial and is a great tool, I am using it all the time
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